Autumn Approaches

Withered Beauty - sunflower, 15 x 15" Watercolor/mixed media on paper

© Helen Read 

matted in white to fit 20x20" frame
ready to frame 

There is a beauty - even in the withering - the paper thin drying of the petals, still retaining a bit of their color.
Autumn is approaching... you can feel it in the air.
Yet, even in this transition from full bloom into dormancy, there is a certain beauty.